Phạm Văn Trà

Phạm Văn Trà


9th Minister of Defence
In office 29 December 1997 – 28 June 2006
President	Trần Đức Lương
Prime Minister	Phan Văn Khải
Preceded by	Đoàn Khuê
Succeeded by	Phùng Quang Thanh
Member of the Politburo
In office 1 July 1996 – 25 April 2006
Personal details
Born	(1935-08-19) August 19, 1935 Quế Võ, Bắc Ninh Province, Tonkin
Political party	Communist Party of Vietnam
Alma mater	Military Academy of Vietnam
Awards	Hero of the People's Armed Forces
Military service
Allegiance	Vietnam
Service/branch	Vietnam People's Army
Years of service	1953–2006
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Vietnam War

Phạm Văn Trà (born 20 October 1935 in Quế Võ) was Minister of Defense of Vietnam.^[1]^[2]

He was previously Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnamese Army and Vice-Minister of Defense (December 1995 – 1997), and a four-star General. He replaced Đoàn Khuê as minister of defense in September 1997.^[3]^[4]

References

↑ Đức Mạnh Ngô, Minh Tuân Lương, Hà Vũ Lê Sổ tay đại biểu Quốc hội-2004 Page 112 "Phạm Văn Trà 19-8-1935"
↑ Bá̌c Ninh lịch sử kháng chié̂n chó̂ng Mỹ, cứu nước, 1954–1975 Vietnam. Quân đội nhân dân. Bộ chỉ huy quân sự tỉnh Bá̌c Ninh - 2002 p211 "Anh hùng Phạm Văn Trà, Sinh năm 1935, quê Xă Phù Lăng huyện Quế Võ, tuyên dương ngày 20 tháng 10 năm . "
↑ BBC.co.uk BBC Spratlys 2004
↑ Ndthuan.com

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Preceded by Đoàn Khuê	Vietnamese Minister of Defense 1997–2006	Succeeded by Phùng Quang Thanh

Generals of the Vietnam People's Army

Võ Nguyên Giáp (1948) Nguyễn Chí Thanh (1959) Văn Tiến Dũng (1974) Chu Huy Mân (1980) Hoàng Văn Thái (1980) Lê Đức Anh (1984) Lê Trọng Tấn (1984) Đoàn Khuê (1990) Nguyễn Quyết (1990) Phạm Văn Trà (2003) Lê Văn Dũng (2007) Phùng Quang Thanh (2007) Đỗ Bá Tỵ (2015) Ngô Xuân Lịch (2015)

Chiefs of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army

Hoàng Văn Thái (1945–53, 1954, 1975)
Văn Tiến Dũng (1953–54, 1954–78)
Lê Trọng Tấn (1978–86)
Lê Đức Anh (1986–87)
Đoàn Khuê (1987–91)
Dao Dinh Luyen (1991–95)
Phạm Văn Trà (1995–97)
Dao Trong Lich (1997–98)
Le Van Dung (1998–2001)
Phùng Quang Thanh (2001–06)
Nguyen Khac Nghien (2006–10)
Đỗ Bá Tỵ (2010–16)
Phan Văn Giang (2016-present)

Vietnamese Ministers of Defence

Chu Văn Tấn (1945–46) Phan Anh (1946) Võ Nguyên Giáp (1946–47) Tạ Quang Bửu (1947–48) Võ Nguyên Giáp (1948–76) Trần Nam Trung (1969–76) Võ Nguyên Giáp (1976–80) Văn Tiến Dũng (1980–87) Lê Đức Anh (1987–91) Đoàn Khuê (1991–97) Phạm Văn Trà (1997–2006) Phùng Quang Thanh (2006–2016) Ngô Xuân Lịch (2016–present)

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